Franck Ribery has revealed he considered leaving Bayern Munich during Louis van Gaal's time in charge after his relationship with the Dutchman broke down.

Van Gaal spent two years in charge of Bayern between 2009 and 2011 during which he won the German league and cup, and reached the Champions League final.

Ribery accepted Van Gaal achieved 'great things' at the Allianz Arena - but insists the Manchester United manager was a 'bad man' on the training pitch.

Ribery told Goal.com : "We had problems on a human basis. When he started, nobody knew what was going to happen.

"His idea was that he did not care about names at all, you don't need stars, everybody had to prove themselves again.

"The first contact with him was already poisoned. As a professional you lose your trust. He does great things on the pitch but the coach Van Gaal was a bad man. Our relationship was crushed.

"It was a burden. Many clubs tried to persuade me to change, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus, Chelsea, Manchester City. You start to think. I made up my mind about where my future should lie. I think that this is human."